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    every year mountain raises a different species of butterfly to liven up his greenhouse. this year, he decides to raise ulysses swallowtails, vibrant blue and black butterflies, and becomes perplexed when one of his pupae fails to emerge with the rest of the flutter. as it turns out, it wasn't just any ordinary butterfly, but a friend.

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    06 Sep 2023

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    “I will design you a talisman,” Wei Wuxian vows with tears in his eyes, “that will allow you to feel drunk. It will be even better, because it will not make you puke, and you will not have a hangover the next day.” He pauses for a second, pensive. “Actually, that sounds like something a lot of people would want. Maybe we could sell them in the Yiling marketplace, so we could afford more potatoes…”

    “It’s fine, Master Wei, I’ve never been a big drinker anyway.”

    Wei Wuxian narrows his eyes at him. “How do you do it, then?”

    Wen Ning frowns. “Do what?”

    “Dull the pain of existence. Make it bearable, when every day you wake up in the same world, with the same life, and the same failures.”

     

    What if Wen Ning had escaped Carp Tower much, much earlier?
    A story in three parts
    -Postmortem Love Song: Ningxian pining in the Burial Mounds.
    -The Worst Kept Secret In The Cloud Recesses: Wangning healing in Gusu.
    -The Final Piece Of The Puzzle: Wangningxian coming together at last.

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    17 Feb 2021

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    When Hizashi entered the living room the next morning while Shouta trudged into the kitchen for coffee, he had to fight back the urge to squeal.

    “Shouta, look!” His husband groaned, rubbing his temples while he waited for the machine to kick into gear.

    “Give me a second, ‘Zashi. Christ, it’s too early for this.” The blonde rolled his eyes. Shouta was just so grouchy sometimes.

    “Seriously, come look!” The dark-haired man surrendered, taking up his now full mug and dragging his feet into the living area.

    “What exactly am I looking at here?” Hizashi gasped, struggling to keep his voice down to a reasonable level.

    “Whaaaat? What do you mean, they’re adorable!” He made an exaggerated gesture to the teens on the couch. Shouta huffed and turned to look once more.

    Izuku is safe with his boyfriend for the time being, and the two spend some time together.

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    13 Jul 2019

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    When Izuku found his room again, he could hear music behind the door- loud, with lots of screaming and guitars. His heart sunk a little, but he tried not to pass judgement too quickly. The guy inside was alone right now, after all. He’d probably use headphones once he met his new roommate, right? Izuku took a deep breath and twisted the doorknob, pushing it open as casually as he could to hide his nerves. He thought about the greeting he'd rehearsed in the mirror earlier today.

    “Hey! I didn’t see you here earlier! It's nice to meet you, I’m--” Izuku froze in the doorway, the other man in the room mirroring him. He was holding up a sweater, clearly in the middle of putting it on a hanger when Izuku had barged in. Izuku had been preparing for a lot of possibilities behind the door, but this was not on his list.

    Blond, spiky hair, and eyes like fire with a temperament to match. Katsuki Bakugou, undoubtedly.

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    06 Jun 2019

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    (But I don't want to leave it that way.)

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    "What if we're not late bloomers?" Deku had asked him once when they were very young. “What if we don’t get our quirks? What if our quirks never come for our whole lives?”

    Katsuki hadn't been able to answer, then. All he'd known was that they'd be able to do anything together, even if the hero business tried to spit them out just because they were missing bits and pieces. That was until Deku'd told him the truth, anyway. That he'd been hiding a quirk for ten years and Katsuki had just been stupid and trusting.

    He doesn't get into UA. Deku leaves him behind and lives the dream alone. Katsuki picks up modelling and turns out to be surprisingly good at it, and after a while he thinks maybe he can make peace with never becoming a hero. This ain't a bad life, after all. There are stalkers and endless reporters but maybe he can make this work.

    For all of six years, anyway. Then he figures out his new neighbour has green eyes and cute freckles. And then, Katsuki thinks, maybe god hates him.

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    17 May 2019